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Would appreciate if you get me detailed source/ any website. Thanks.

2007-02-26 08:02:03 · 2 answers · asked by Tina S 1 in Education & Reference Higher Education (University +)

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Your question is impossible to answer, because the GRE exam is for graduate school, and in graduate admissions, students are applying to a department, not a university. It's not the same as choosing an undergraduate institution, where you can see where your SATs will take you.

Let me explain. The point of graduate school is to get into the best program to which you can possibly gain admission. Where those best programs will be depends on your field of study.

For example, if you are looking for a PhD program in computer science, MIT and CalTech will have superb programs. But if you are looking for a PhD in English Literature, Yale and Columbia are great. And for English Lit, Yale and Columbia will not care what your math score was on the GRE.

When you choose graduate programs to which to apply, you are supposed to research which programs have the appropriate faculty for your area of specialization. (For example, if you're into Elizabethan drama, who are the top scholars in that field? Which of them use the analytical methods you prefer? Where do they teach?)

Graduate programs do not have set acceptable GRE scores. In every case, they are looking for applicants with superb GREs (math ones for science programs, verbal ones for humanities programs, etc.), great GPAs, outstanding letters of recommendation, and most importantly, students with specializations in fields their faculty can accommodate.

If you have lousy GREs, take them again. If you have great GREs, apply to programs with the resources you require. If your qualifications are borderline, look to terminal masters programs in your field rather than PhD programs. Students who distinguish themselves while earning an MA or MS in their field can often boost their chances of acceptance into PhD programs later.

2007-02-26 13:11:38 · answer #1 · answered by X 7 · 0 0

Try doing your own research, its all available online. If you want to go to school, you need to do this research yourself, or don't bother, you wont last the first few days of your first semester

2007-02-26 08:41:01 · answer #2 · answered by Adam W 2 · 0 0

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